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December 26, 2017
PRESIDIO COMPONENTS, INC. v. AMERICAN TECHNICAL CERAMICS CORP. 2016-2607, 2016-2650 Presidio filed suit against American Technical Ceramics Corp. (“ATC”) for patent infringement. The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s holdings that the claims of the patent are not indefinite and that ATC is entitled to absolute intervening rights because a substantive amendment was made during […]
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October 26, 2017
Waymo LLC, v. Uber Technologies, Inc., Ottomotto LLC, Otto Trucking LLC Nos. 2017-2235, -2253 Fed. Cir. Sept. 13, 2017 Opinion by Circuit Judge Wallach with Circuit Judges Newman and Stoll Appellant Anthony Levandowski intervened seeking to prevent discovery sought by Appellee Waymo LLC (“Waymo”) in its lawsuit against Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”). Waymo alleged that Mr. Levandowski, its former employee, improperly […]
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September 26, 2017
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Appellant v. MEXICHEM AMANCO HOLDING S.A. DE C.V., DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Appellees 2016-1996 Decided: August 1, 2017 Opinion by Circuit Judge Lourie with Circuit Judge Reyna Opinion dissenting-in-part by Circuit Judge Wallach Honeywell appealed from a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board affirming the Examiner’s […]
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August 26, 2017
ADJUSTACAM, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee v. NEWEGG, INC., NEWEGG.COM, INC., ROSEWILL, INC., Defendants-Appellants 2016-1882 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in No. 6:10-cv-00329-JRG, Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap. Decided: July 5, 2017 The Federal Circuit reversed the denial of attorney’s fees by the Eastern District of Texas. AdjustaCam sued Newegg and […]
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June 26, 2017
ARCELORMITTAL, ARCELORMITTAL ATLANTIQUE ET LORRAINE, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. AK STEEL CORPORATION, SEVERSTAL DEARBORN, INC., WHEELING-NISSHIN INC., Defendants-Appellees Case No. 2016-1357 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware Decided: May 16, 2017 This dispute between the parties made its third appearance before the Federal Circuit. The Court affirmed the grant of summary […]
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May 26, 2017
Novartis AG v. Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc. No. 2016-1678, -1679 Fed. Cir. Apr. 4, 2017 Opinion by Circuit Judge Wallach with Chief Judge Prost and Circuit Judge Stoll Editors note: The instant appeals concern inter partes reviews of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,316,023 (“the ’023 patent”) and 6,335,031 (“the ’031 patent”) (together, “the Patents-in-Suit”). The United States Court of Appeals […]
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April 26, 2017
MENTOR GRAPHICS v. EVE-USA, INC., SYNOPSYS EMULATION AND VERIFICATION S.A.S, SYNOPSYS, INC. 2015-1470, 2015-1554, 2015-1556 Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Decided: March 16, 2017 This lengthy opinion addresses: whether substantial evidence existed to support a jury’s infringement verdict; assignor estoppel; indefiniteness; eligible subject matter; preclusion of evidence of […]
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March 26, 2017
SHIRE DEVELOPMENT, LLC, SHIRE PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT, INC., COSMO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, GIULIANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, NKA NOGRA PHARMA LIMITED, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., NKA ACTAVIS, INC., WATSON LABORATORIES, INC. – FLORIDA, NKA ACTAVIS LABORATORIES FL, INC., WATSON PHARMA, INC., NKA ACTAVIS PHARMA, INC., WATSON LABORATORIES, INC., Defendants-Appellants 2016-1785 February 10, 2017 Plaintiffs Shire sued Defendants Watson […]
